1. In the brachot in Shaharis, why do the men say "thank you for not making me a woman" while the women say "thank you for making me according to your will"? 2. Why do we hold up our nails to the light of the havdala candle when making havdala?

Is masterbation for women against the torah

I am a 14 year old girl. I didn't know about masterbation unitll i reserched on it. I read that its very healty to do it, can't harm you at all, and is normal.. So one day i tried putting my finger there and it felt really good to rub it. Then i had second thoughs on it because of judiusam. i read a point of view that was not judesam. So then i read about masterbation on jewish sights and i saw that BOYS were not permmited to masterbate. I then tried serching for if girls are not permitted by the torah. So the only answers i got were "the torah dosn't say that girls shouuldn't but they shouldn't" these answers don't make sence to me. i undestand that if i masterbatet too much i could get an obssesion with it, but if i do it once in a while.. is it a sin?

Shalom. There are 2 references in Beresheet about the creation of man, one is Aish and the other Adam. Is one of this refering to the creation of the Homo Sapiens 40 000 years ago, and the other to Adam the father of seth. If not what's up with the Homo sapiens who lived 40 000 years ago. Thanks Yom Tov.

what is my daughter's parshat on october 14, 2006. How can i bring in simchat torah into her celebration that night?